We offer a wide variety of activities and classes for adults ages 18 and up, including technology, home improvement, recreation, athletics, fitness, arts, crafts and more.
Albany Area Schools Preschool serves students ages 3-5 in Preschool 1 (age 3 by September 1) and Preschool 2 (age 4 by September 1).
We offer Semi-Private (3:1 ratio) and Private (1:1 ratio) and Preschool Swimming Lessons.
Walking Track and Court Use
Early Childhood Family Education (ECFE) is a program for children, ages birth to Kindergarten, and their families.
Kids Company is a school age care program that provides a safe, friendly and structured atmosphere where children are encouraged to pursue their own interests, develop friendships and grow in confidence, independence and respect for themselves and others.
Preschool Wrap Around Care offers a safe, friendly, structured atmosphere where preschool-aged children are encouraged to pursue their own interests, develop friendships and grow in confidence, independence and respect for themselves and others.
We provide a variety of academic and enrichment programs after school, in the evenings, to enhance your child's social, emotional and physical growth while out of school.
Monthly memberships begin on the first day of the month and continue through the last day of the month.
Tess Georgakopoulos, Dish it up Good
Back by popular demand are Tess’ Magical Cheesecake & Brownie Stuffed Chocolate Chip Cookies, in addition to
her ever-popular Holiday Cookie Bake & Decorate class where participants learn the foundations of decorating
cookies with Royal Icing! If you are looking to start a new holiday cookie baking & decorating tradition and
looking for a NEW SPECTACULAR COOKIE to add to your holiday cookie repertoire look no further! Consider
registering for this Virtual, Live, Family Fun Holiday Cookie Baking & Decorating Class for beginners. Gather your
family for baking and decorating, or treat yourself to some quality personal fun time.
Participants will be baking the cookies for the decorating ahead of time so that they are ready to decorate at the
start of class. A PDF with two of the instructors’ personal sugar cookie recipes, and a list of ingredients and
supplies needed for the Royal Icing will be provided 5—7 days before the class, to provide time for shopping and
baking. The recipes will include a soft and chewy sugar cookie, and a denser crisp sugar cookie. Participants can
One of the instructor’s favorite holiday cookie cutter shapes is a gingerbread person. This is one shape that
proves to be a lot of fun to decorate year after year and some time will definitely be spent on this in addition to
other holiday shapes. Choose to bake one or the other or both using cookie cutters of choice. No fancy
decorating tips or bags will be needed. We will be using simple plastic sandwich bags to decorate.
The packet will also include ingredients required for the STUFFED COOKIES that we will be creating together
during the class! This class will take place on Zoom, free on-line software. Participants will receive instructions on
how to access the class prior to it starting.
Note: One registration fee for this on-line virtual interactive class can include immediate family members living
full-time in the same home ONLY. If children are participating, adult supervision is required. If friends, adult
children, or extended family members are gathering for a fun night together, EACH household must register
SEPARATELY even if participating together.
Tess Georgakopoulos, also known as “Chef Tess—Culinary Artist”, has been cooking and baking for well over 45 years since she was roughly 6 years old. Born into a Greek family, the art of cooking traditional meals using ones senses rather than recipes and measurements was passed on from one generation to the next. Her father was also a trained chef who brought the magic of food to life in another form on the weekends as they cooked elaborate family meals together. Food prepared from the heart, with ones own hands and creativity was, and continues to be an expression of love in her home. As an accomplished cook and baker, Tess enjoys creating original recipes for her family and friends. Sweet, savory, or doughy, she enjoys experimenting and creating in the kitchen daily.
Tess is proficient and experienced in creating classes and curriculum for conventional cooking, baking, pressure-cooking, air frying, pizza making, Mediterranean Cooking, and meal preparation as well. A Culinary Artist indeed!
She has been teaching both in-person and on-line cooking classes through community education for a number of years having worked with over 30 public school districts in and around the Twin Cities, in many corners of Minnesota, in addition to school districts in Wisconsin, Missouri, and Arizona. Through her teaching, Tess has helped people of all skill levels increase their confidence and expand their skills in the kitchen reaching heights of their own personal creativity that they never new existed!
Always working towards expanding her culinary repertoire, Tess enjoys spending much of her free time in her test kitchen creating new recipes and reinventing traditional ones using traditional cooking methods and new cooking appliances such as, the Instant Pot® and Air Fryers too.
Tess has recently started writing her first cookbook, and her food blog is also in the works! Some of her creations can be seen on her Facebook page, “Dish it up Good”, https://www.facebook.com/dishitupgood/ or on her Instagram Feed.
Tess Georgakopoulos
